432 papilto]S'id-t:. 
Colias paJlens, Butler, JourD. Linn. Soc.^ Zool. ix. p. 52 (1866); Lep. Exot. p. 89, 
pi. xxxiv. fig. 3 (1872). 
" Expands on an average 1"75 in., sometimes reaching 2 in. Wings sulphur-yellow. Fore wings 
with a black discoidal spot, and a black hind-marginal band enclosing a row of conspicuous 
yellow spots, and ending rather abruptly, so as not to reach the inner margin ; as it approaches 
the latter it gradually becomes narrower, being widest at the costa. Hind wings yellow, 
blackish at the base : faint traces of a black band are seen on the anterior part of the hind 
margin, and there is a large discoidal spot of a bright orange colour. The female eshibits 
the dimorphism so common in this genus, often having the wings nearly white, instead of 
yellow. Underside : fore wings yellow, darker at the apices ; a row of five or six black spots 
runs parallel to the hind margin ; the discoidal spot is black. Hind wings deeper yeUow, 
with a large pearly discoidal spot surrounded by a dull red ring, and having a smaller spot 
similar in character placed above it. At the base of the wing is a dull red mark. Parallel 
to the hind margin is a row of duU red crescentic spots, with their concave sides outwards, and 
a conspicuous narrow reddish spot on the costa. Head, protborax, autennai, and legs dull red ; 
fringes of hind margins pink. 
" Larva. Cylindrical, dark green, sprinkled over with black dots ; there is a narrow yellow and 
white .lateral stripe. Feeds on Leguminoso', principally Trifolium, the eggs being laid in the 
spring by hibernated females. 
" The piqxi is green, with a brownish-yellow lateral strijje." (Lang, 1. c.) 
Yar. poliographus, Motschulsky. " Figura tantum Coi. lujali, sed alis anticis supra : apice 
magis elongatis, magis rotundatis, macula lateral! intus distincto angulata, subtus : maculis 
lateralibus obliteratis, postice solum duabus utrinque distiuctis ; alis posticis : immaculatis, 
medio puncto argenteo uno. 
" Exp. al. 18 1." (MotschuM-,/, I c.) 
Yar. simoda, de rOrza. " Ate integrae rotundatse, supra vivide sulphurese : antlcarum limbo nigro 
flavo maculato, utrinque puncto medio nigro ; posticse subtus puncto sesquialtero argenteo, 
" Eile est un peu plus graude que la hgale, dont eUe a la port ; le dessus de scs quatre ailes est 
d'un joli jaune-soufre ; celui des superieures est marque d"un gros point noir sous-costal, 
comme dans les especes du meme groupe, et offre a I'extremite une large bande noiratre, 
sinuee en dedans, divisee dans le male par deux taches de la couleur du fond et dans la femeUe 
par line rangee de taches semblables, mais an nombre de cinq a six. Les ailes inferieures 
offrent sur le milieu un gros point orange et a I'extremite une bordure noiratre crenelee ; le 
dessous ressemble a celui de toutes les espccea voisines, mais le point central des ailes supe- 
rieures est fortement ocelle. 
" On ne confondra pas cette espece avec la nei-iene, dont le male n'a jamais la bordure divisee par 
des taches jaunes. 
" II ne serait pas impossible que I'individu que nous rcgardons comme la femelle de la villuieiisis 
ue fiit qu'une variete blanche de cette espece. 
" Cette Coliade, tres voisine de notre Jujale, parait etre commune an Japon." (de I'Orza, 1. c.) 
Yar. elwesi, Butler. " Male. Above lemon-yellow, the basal three sevenths and costal border of 
primaries densely irroratcd with greenish grey ; basal fourth of costal margin ferruginous ; 
apical area (from apical two fifths of costa to external third of third median branch) and a 
